It's on: PDP-Laban factions battle for recognition before Comelec

Now that both warring factions of the ruling PDP-Laban have filed their sworn information update statements , the ball is in the Commission on Election's court.

The group led by Senator Manny Pacquiao and Senator Aquilino"Koko" Pimentel III had filed theirs in July. Matibag, who had seen documents related to the Pacquiao group's SIUS filing, said the rival group submitted on July 19."The submitted SIUS – including the two from PDP-Laban – will be submitted to the commission en banc. The banc will, essentially, be apprised of the situation," he told Rappler on Wednesday, August 18.

Jimenez had earlier said that if two different SIUS are filed under one party name, the poll body would conduct a hearing to determine which group to recognize as that party. The Duterte-backed group claims that it was Pimentel who had hijacked the party when he named Pacquiao party president without any elections. This group believes Pimentel and Pacquiao are using the ruling party for the boxing icon's 2022 presidential ambitions.

The Pimentel group has expelled several officers, including Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and Matibag, from PDP-Laban. The Duterte group has stripped Pimentel and Pacquiao of their positions as party officers."We are not worried about it," said Matibag about the impending Comelec decision. Pimentel is again awaiting a Comelec decision on who the poll body woud recognize as the legitimate representatives of the party co-founded by his late father and namesake, Aquilino"Nene" Pimentel Jr.

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